Recognised as Colour

#A8D27C

#A8D27C
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#A8D27C is a green with RGB values 168, 210, 124 and HSL 89°, 49%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#A8D27C#A8D27C

HEX#A8D27C

RGBrgb(168, 210, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.8235, 0.4863

RGB percentages65.9%, 82.4%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(89.3, 48.9%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(89.3, 41%, 82.4%)

CMYK20%, 0%, 41%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,063,932

CSS custom property--colour: #A8D27C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#572D83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C775no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3C481no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#ABCBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22 Pale green · ΔE 22.8 Khaki · ΔE 23.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 19.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A67CD2

Analogous#D2D17C, #7DD27C

Triadic#7CA8D2, #D27CA8

Split complementary#7C7DD2, #D17CD2

Tetradic#7CD2D1, #A67CD2, #D27C7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F9EE

Lighter +20%#DAECC8

Lighter +10%#C1DFA2

Darker −10%#8FC556

Darker −20%#75AD3B

Darker −30%#5C872E

Darker −40%#426121

More saturated +25%#A9E866

Less saturated −25%#A7BC92

Channel breakdown

R168

G210

B124

Red168 (65.9%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue89.3°

Saturation (HSL)48.86%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A8 · G D2 · B 7C

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Colour values

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